Gotham: Robin Lord Taylor Talks About Tonight’s Episode!
After a week off, Gotham returns tonight with a bang in “What the Little Bird Told Him”. We know James Gordon is hunting the Electrocutioner, but given the title, Robin Lord Taylor, who plays The Penguin, obviously features pretty heavily as well. Robin Lord Taylor recently talked with TV Fanatic about tonight’s episode, how he developed the character, and more.
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So how does Robin Lord Taylor manage Penguin’s limp?
"I do the old Stella Adler trick where I put the bottle cap in my shoe. And it’s a little reminder that every step that he takes is painful. It’s a real injury that he suffered, it’s not just an affectation, but at the same time, yeah, it’s an actor’s dream because it’s like with the makeup and with the hair and with the clothes and then the shoe and the bottle cap, and all of this, it’s all these like eternal things, it’s like putting on the character and stepping into his skin, and then it just makes it, you know, so much more visceral of an experience, which I love."
And what is going on with Penguin’s plans, some of which will come to a head tonight?
"What comes in this next episode is that he’s bitten off a lot and he’s playing Maroni against Falcone and Falcone against Maroni, and then there’s Fish there, and then also ultimately himself. He’s still doing it all ultimately just for himself so you’re going to see him torn between all three and then also make some major mistakes, which personally I love. I love it when he makes mistakes. I love it when he fails because it’s just so much more interesting and there’s somewhere for us to go. He’s brilliant but he’s not perfect so you’re just going to see a lot of that."
Check out the rest of the interview at the link provided above. Be sure to watch Gotham tonight on Fox to see more of Robin Lord Taylor as The Penguin and be sure to follow us on twitter for a live tweeting of the episode as well!
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